The boy and his parents gathered the cub in a storage bin and brought it to the Myrtle Creek police station, where it spent an uneventful, "well behaved," night, according to authorities.

Wildlife experts could not locate the cub's mother, after searching high and low and even employing a special device that can manufacture cub-in-distress sounds. Officials determined the cub was female and in good health.

The cub is presently residing at the University of Oregon and will, in time, be sent to a zoo whose location is yet to be determined.